Bullying

The subject of bullying is a sensitive one that can raise a lot of emotions in people. Some people have felt the pain of bullying and others believe it's time to toughen up. I think it's time to get more involved, adults need to help these kids who suffer from bullying. It's not enough to just tell kids to stop, we need to buckle down and start punishing the bullies with much more severe punishments than the ones usually dealt out. Instead of slaps on the wrist, I think schools need to start dealing out suspensions for kids caught bullying. One thing we really need to fix is all the victim blaming, because that is so dangerous. For a kid to be bullied and then told to stick up for themselves and to suck it up is so bad for them. That's like kicking a dog and then yelling at it. Yes, we need to teach children to defend themselves, but most importantly they need to know not to bully/hurt people. Also to people who are upset that kids are sensitive to these topics because "back in their day people just toughened up". Culture changes, people evolve over time. 40 or 50 years ago, people weren't as open about emotional topics, and today we're much more in tune as a society to our own and others' emotions. And that's really great! Because now we think things through more, and we care more and get passionate!!!!